West (A Darkness Series Novel) by Stacey Marie Brown

Author:Stacey Marie Brown [Brown, Stacey Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Fairy Publishing
Published: 2016-10-11T18:00:00+00:00

I burst through the front door of the tiny house Cammie and I shared. I didn’t even give pause to tell Bill I was leaving. The job no longer mattered. The life I had been building here had been wiped away in seconds. I would never set foot in there again. The only thing that mattered was Cammie. Panic clogged my head, shutting down logic. My beast felt like it was being backed into a corner.

“Will?” Cammie jumped as the door banged open and I stomped in. She stood in the kitchen, worry contorting her features. She rushed to me. “You’re home. Are you okay?”

“Get your stuff.”

“What?” Confusion knotted her eyebrows.

“Pack. We’re leaving.” I stormed to the bedroom closet, grabbed her suitcase, and threw it on the bed. “Take only what you need.”

“Will, stop!” She clutched my bicep. “Tell me what’s going on. Are you in trouble?”

I grumbled, heading to her dresser, my hands swooping a handful of her undergarments and tossing them in the suitcase.

“Will, please. Talk to me. Who were those men?” She flung her arms around.

“They’re the closest I have to family.” I reached for another bag, stuffing more tops in it.

“Then why are you running from them? I don’t understand.”

“Let’s say my family is kind of like the mafia. You’re born into them and you can never leave.”

“Are they going to hurt you? What do they want?”

My family would never hurt me, physically, but Cole’s demand I come home would kill my heart. I couldn’t take Cammie back with me. Humans were a strict no-no. It was the only stringent rule we had. And I was stupid enough to let myself fall for one.

She danced around me as I continued to tornado through the room, grabbing anything my hands could grab.

“West. Enough!” She seized my hand, stopping me. “I’m not leaving. This is my home. My job is here. Your job. I just put a down payment on the café on the water.”

I whirled around, gripping her arms. “We can start over somewhere else. You don’t understand…”

“You’re right, I don’t.” She reached up, touching my face. “I love you. I want to have your children in this house, grow old with you here. I want to create a life in this home.”

I squeezed my lids together as her fingertips trailed my face. How could I take that away from her? This was her grandmother’s house, and she spent every summer here growing up. Every inch of space held a memory of hers. When her grandma passed, she left it to Cammie. She would never leave. And I couldn’t ask her to.

I rubbed at my face anxiously. The idea of forcing her to leave and never giving her a clear reason why broke me as much as walking away from her.

Could I look at myself in the mirror if something happened to Jared and I turned my back on them? If one of us was threatened, the whole family showed up. I was one of the best fighters.

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